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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) by country

Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
73.5%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
9.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 73.5% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.8%, and the mean is 14.0%.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,470.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 73.5% 2010 up 17.4% volatile
2 United States of America 60.8% 2010 up 6.5% rising
3 Ukraine 52.6% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
4 Canada 51.8% 2010 up 86.4% volatile
5 Estonia 46.3% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
6 Israel 46.2% 2010 up 4.9% volatile
7 New Zealand 43.3% 2010 up 10.7% volatile
8 Ireland 43.1% 2010 up 91.5% volatile
9 Finland 42.6% 2010 up 42.6% volatile
10 Japan 40.6% 2010 up 93.6% volatile
11 Australia 37.3% 2010 up 27.1% volatile
12 Denmark 34.9% 2010 up 28.9% volatile
13 Lithuania 34.9% 2010 up 48.1% volatile
14 Sweden 33.8% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
15 Norway 33.6% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
16 Belgium 31.8% 2010 up 28.5% volatile
17 Qatar 29.5% 2010 up 49.1% volatile
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 28.6% 2010 up 17.4% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 28.4% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
20 Bulgaria 27.9% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
21 Cyprus 27.8% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
22 Republic of Korea 27.6% 2010 up 153.6% volatile
23 Switzerland 27.6% 2010 up 106.1% volatile
24 Greece 27.5% 2010 up 78.3% volatile
25 Panama 27.5% 2010 up 28.5% volatile
26 Netherlands 26.8% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
27 United Arab Emirates 25.8% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
28 Singapore 25.6% 2010 up 191.2% volatile
29 Iceland 25.6% 2010 up 92.8% volatile
30 Slovenia 24.6% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
31 Philippines 23.6% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
32 Spain 23.4% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
33 Latvia 23.1% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
34 Germany 22.8% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
35 France 22.7% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
36 Mongolia 22.3% 2010 up 67.6% volatile
37 Luxembourg 21.9% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
38 Armenia 20.2% 2010 down 16.1% rising
39 Gabon 20.1% 2010 up 27.9% volatile
40 Peru 19.9% 2010 down 15.2% volatile
41 Hungary 19.8% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
42 Kyrgyzstan 19.1% 2010 down 3.9% volatile
43 Serbia 18.3% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
44 Poland 18.2% 2010 up 47.2% volatile
45 Chile 18.1% 2010 down 9.5% volatile
46 Slovakia 18.1% 2010 up 42.0% volatile
47 Croatia 17.9% 2010 up 60.4% volatile
48 Colombia 17.8% 2010 up 61.1% volatile
49 Argentina 17.1% 2010 up 30.3% volatile
50 Costa Rica 17.1% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
51 Jamaica 17.1% 2010 down 2.0% volatile
52 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.9% 2010 up 58.8% volatile
53 Republic of Moldova 16.8% 2010 up 13.1% volatile
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 16.7% 2010 up 31.5% volatile
55 Mexico 16.0% 2010 up 134.2% volatile
56 Czechia 15.6% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
57 Austria 15.3% 2010 up 35.6% volatile
58 Saudi Arabia 14.1% 2010 up 89.9% volatile
59 Uruguay 13.4% 2010 up 90.2% rising
60 Cuba 13.3% 2010 up 18.6% volatile
61 Kuwait 13.2% 2010 down 2.4% volatile
62 Brazil 13.1% 2010 up 41.8% volatile
63 Dominican Republic 12.6% 2010 up 3.4% volatile
64 Sri Lanka 12.4% 2010 up 33.9% volatile
65 Portugal 12.3% 2010 up 5.4% volatile
66 Italy 12.3% 2010 up 15.8% volatile
67 Ecuador 11.9% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
68 Nicaragua 11.3% 2010 up 63.4% volatile
69 Thailand 11.2% 2010 up 240.5% volatile
70 Hong Kong, China 10.0% 2010 up 29.9% volatile
71 Bahrain 10.0% 2010 down 31.1% volatile
72 Romania 10.0% 2010 up 13.7% volatile
73 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.6% 2010 up 36.9% volatile
74 Malaysia 9.5% 2010 up 168.0% volatile
75 Fiji 9.3% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
76 Paraguay 8.8% 2010 up 34.0% volatile
77 Macau, China 8.7% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
78 Iraq 8.4% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
79 Trinidad and Tobago 8.2% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
80 Jordan 7.8% 2010 up 7.6% volatile
81 Malta 7.8% 2010 up 33.4% volatile
82 South Africa 7.5% 2010 up 1.9% volatile
83 Tajikistan 7.3% 2010 down 16.6% volatile
84 El Salvador 6.7% 2010 up 15.4% volatile
85 Türkiye 5.9% 2010 down 4.0% volatile
86 Algeria 5.8% 2010 up 151.5% volatile
87 Indonesia 5.6% 2010 up 158.5% volatile
88 Morocco 5.6% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
89 Honduras 5.6% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
90 Belize 5.5% 2010 down 17.7% volatile
91 Tonga 4.9% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
92 Brunei Darussalam 4.8% 2010 down 56.0% volatile
93 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.7% 2010 up 161.1% volatile
94 Viet Nam 4.6% 2010 up 51.8% volatile
95 Namibia 4.5% 2010 up 55.2% rising
96 Kenya 4.4% 2010 up 257.3% volatile
97 Tunisia 4.1% 2010 up 47.5% volatile
98 Botswana 4.0% 2010 up 28.6% volatile
99 India 4.0% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
100 Syrian Arab Republic 3.9% 2010 up 81.6% volatile
101 Bangladesh 3.5% 2010 down 8.1% volatile
102 Mali 3.1% 2010 up 1,470.0% volatile
103 Côte d'Ivoire 3.0% 2010 up 48.8% volatile
104 Afghanistan 3.0% 2010 up 130.8% volatile
105 Egypt 2.8% 2010 down 15.2% volatile
105 Myanmar 2.8% 2010 down 9.7% volatile
107 Liberia 2.6% 2010 up 82.8% volatile
108 Libya 2.5% 2010 down 72.8% volatile
109 Pakistan 2.4% 2010 down 45.2% volatile
110 Lesotho 2.2% 2010 up 64.9% volatile
111 Zambia 2.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
112 Mauritius 2.0% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
113 Congo 1.7% 2010 down 34.6% volatile
114 Barbados 1.4% 2010 up 44.4% volatile
115 Gambia 1.4% 2010 up 34.3% volatile
116 China 1.4% 2010 down 32.2% volatile
117 Togo 1.3% 2010 up 109.5% volatile
118 Zimbabwe 1.3% 2010 up 66.7% rising
119 Ghana 1.2% 2010 down 67.9% volatile
120 Central African Republic 1.2% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
121 Nepal 1.2% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
122 Senegal 1.1% 2010 up 80.6% volatile
123 Benin 0.9% 2010 unchanged volatile
124 Uganda 0.8% 2010 down 64.1% volatile
125 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7% 2010 up 76.2% volatile
126 Maldives 0.7% 2010 up 102.9% volatile
127 Haiti 0.7% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
128 Mauritania 0.6% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
129 Albania 0.6% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
130 Burundi 0.4% 2010 up 173.3% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.4% 2010 up 300.0% volatile
132 Niger 0.4% 2010 up 85.0% volatile
133 Sudan 0.3% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
133 Yemen 0.3% 2010 up 500.0% volatile
135 Cambodia 0.3% 2010 up 38.1% volatile
136 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
136 Malawi 0.3% 2010 up 12.0% volatile
138 Guyana 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Mozambique 0.2% 2010 down 9.1% volatile
140 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2010 unchanged rising
141 Cameroon 0.1% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
142 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged falling
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 97.8% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)